Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Pennsylvania

While in Pennsylvania, you might enjoy a visit to:

The Olympic champion buried in Jim Thorpe never lived there or even visited, but the town thought it was a good PR gimmick. They were right! Every so often Thorpe's descendants attempt to reclaim him to take back to Oklahoma.
~15 miles from West Hazleton.

Show cave's food-like formations include bacon, eggs, and "upside down ice cream cones." Get married in a cave.
~31 miles from West Hazleton.

Seven-story, Japanese-style brick and tile structure on Mount Penn, 886 feet above Reading.
~43 miles from West Hazleton.

Actor's remains are part of this commemorative head of Jason Miller, the young priest in "The Exorcist."
~35 miles from West Hazleton.

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